Indiana outfielder Korbyn Dickerson was chosen in the fifth round of the 2025 MLB Draft Monday by the Seattle Mariners.
Perhaps no Big Ten player saw their draft stock rise higher during the 2025 season than the Indiana redshirt sophomore.
After playing sparingly at Louisville during his first two seasons of college baseball, Dickerson transferred to Indiana for the 2025 campaign and enjoyed one of the best breakout years that the program has ever seen. He hit .314 with 19 home runs and 77 RBIs while scoring 57 times. He’s just the fifth player in program history, and first since Josh Phegley in 2008, with more than 75 RBIs in a season.
The center fielder was honored by Baseball America as a Third Team All-American and was a First Team All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Defensive Team selection. He was a prolific defender in the middle of the outfield, playing to a .985 fielding percentage while starting all 56 games. Dickerson was one of two IU players (Jake Hanley) to start all 56 games during the 2025 campaign.
Dickerson is the fourth different player to be selected by the Mariners in program history. He’s the first IU player the organization has selected since former third baseman Cole Barr was picked by the team in 2021.
Dickerson is the 28th unique player from IU selected in the MLB Draft under head coach Jeff Mercer. Since 2019, he’s the seventh IU outfielder to be picked. Since 2022, the Hoosiers have produced seven selections inside the top-five rounds.
Dickerson is the second Hoosier selected in this year’s draft. On Sunday evening, Dickerson’s fellow IU outfielder Devin Taylor was chosen in the second round by Oakland.
Dickerson, a native of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Taylor (2-48) give the program back-to-back years with outfielders selected in the top five rounds. In 2024, Nick Mitchell (4-C) and Carter Mathison (5) were each picked inside the top-165 overall picks.
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